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§146. Demonstrative Pronouns

The Demonstrative Pronouns are used to point out or designate a person or thing for special attention, either with nouns as Adjectives or alone as Pronouns. They are:—hīc, this; is, ille, iste, that; with the Intensive ipse, self, and īdem, same; 1 and are thus declined:—

hīc, this
SINGULARPLURAL
M.F.N.M.F.N.
NOM. hīc haec hōc hī hae haec
GEN. hûius hûius hûius hōrum hārum hōrum
DAT. huic huic huichīshīshīs
ACC. hunc hanc hōchōshās haec
ABL. hōc hāc hōchīshīshīs
is, that
SINGULARPLURAL
M.F.N.M.F.N.
NOM.is ea id eī, iī ( ī) eae ea
GEN. êius êius êius eōrum eārum eōrum
DAT. eī eī eī eīs, iīs ( īs) eīs, iīs ( īs) eīs, iīs ( īs)
ACC. eum eam id eōs eās ea
ABL. eō eā eō eīs, iīs ( īs) eīs, iīs ( īs) eīs, iīs ( īs)
ille, that
SINGULARPLURAL
M.F.N.M.F.N.
NOM. ille illa illud illī illae illa
GEN. illīus illīus illīus illōrum illārum illōrum
DAT. illī illī illī illīs illīs illīs
ACC. illum illam illud illōs illās illa
ABL. illō illā illō illīs illīs illīs

Iste, ista, istud, that (yonder), is declined like ille.

ipse, self
SINGULARPLURAL
M.F.N.M.F.N.
NOM. ipse ipsa ipsum ipsī ipsae ipsa
GEN. ipsīus ipsīus ipsīus ipsōrum ipsārum ipsōrum
DAT. ipsī ipsī ipsī ipsīs ipsīs ipsīs
ACC. ipsum ipsam ipsum ipsōs ipsās ipsa
ABL.ipsō ipsāipsō ipsīs ipsīs ipsīs
īdem, the same
SINGULARPLURAL
M.F.N.M.F.N.
NOM. īdem eădemĭdem īdem (eī-) eaedem eădem
GEN. êiusdem êiusdem êiusdem eōrundemeārundem eōrundem
DAT. eīdem eīdem eīdem eīsdem or īsdem
ACC. eundem eandemĭdem eōsdem eāsdem eădem
ABL. eōdem eādem eōdem eīsdem or īsdem

a. Ille and iste appear in combination with the demonstrative particle -c, shortened from -ce, in the following forms:—

SINGULAR
M.F.N.M.F.N.
NOM. illicillaec illuc ( illoc) isticistaec istuc ( istoc)
ACC.illuncillanc illuc ( illoc) istunc istanc istuc ( istoc)
ABL. illōc illāc illōc istōc istāc istōc
PLURAL
N., ACC.--------illaec--------istaec

b. The combinations hûiusmodī ( hûiuscemodī), êiusmodī, etc., are used as indeclinable adjectives, equivalent to tālis, such: as, rēs êiusmodī, such a thing (a thing of that sort: cf. § 345. a).

For uses of the Demonstrative Pronouns, see §§ 296 ff.

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.